Litigants: | Van Dusen v. Barrack |
Arguedatea: | January 8 |
Arguedateb: | 9 |
Argueyear: | 1964 |
Decidedate: | March 30 |
Decideyear: | 1964 |
Fullname: | Van Dusen, U.S. District Judge, et al. v. Barrack, Administratrix, et al. |
Usvol: | 376 |
Uspage: | 612 |
Parallelcitations: | 84 S. Ct. 805; 11 L. Ed. 2d 945; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1537 |
Majority: | Goldberg |
Joinmajority: | Warren, Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White |
Concurrence: | Black |
Van Dusen v. Barrack, 376 U.S. 612 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that when a case is transferred from a federal court in one state to a federal court in another, the choice of law should be that of the state in which the case was originally filed.[1]